Meet your new favorite donut! Homemade brown butter pumpkin donuts topped with a decadent espresso chocolate ganache glaze. D-I-V-I-N-E. Donuts are a weakness of mine. Fried or baked, I love them all. Every year around this time I catch pumpkin fever (don’t we all?) and since I wasn’t feeling up to making a whole pie,…
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(Vegan) Maple Pumpkin Butter
Brooklyn in the fall is easy to love. Then again, isn’t everything about fall just dreamy? I could leaf peep, apple pick, and swim in Italian cashmere all day (anyone hiring?). Speaking of Italian cashmere, I am obsessed with this polka dot beauty. What’s on your fall wish list?! I want to know! While you…
Continue ReadingRoasted Pumpkin, Kale, & Mozzarella Salad with Shallot Vinaigrette
A few weeks ago, while browsing the menu at a restaurant I cannot for the life of me remember the name of, my eyes gazed upon three words that rocked my world: roasted pumpkin salad. Roasted pumpkin. Duh. Why had I never thought of that? Am I the only one who figured the only way…
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Welcome to my very first vegan post here at Baker by Nature! I know, I know: almost two years of my baking shenanigans and I’m just getting around to making something sans butter. The reason…? I don’t know the first thing about being a vegan! In reality, I’m a girl who takes comfort in close friends like…
Continue ReadingPumpkin Swirl Blondies with Chocolate Chips
Blondies. BLONDIES. BlOnDiEs. bLONDies. BBBLLLLOOOONNDDIIEESSS. Yeesh. Sorry about that… Blondies are a secret obsession of mine. I guess I got a little excited to share these. You’ve had a blondie before… right? These little brown sugar butter bombs always satisfy my sweet tooth, and that’s not always an easy job. I’d take one over a…
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I saw the prettiest leaves on my walk to work today. The ones that really trumpet the arrival of Fall: deep, brilliant shades of scarlet red, crisp golden yellows, and the tragically brown ones that always seem to find a way of suctioning onto your boots on rainy days. Fall foliage sings of beauty,…
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